Post-Diploma Certificate in Patient Care Services (part of Advanced Diploma in Pharmaceutical Sciences)
About This Course
Post-Diploma Certificate in Patient Care Services (part of Advanced Diploma in Pharmaceutical Sciences) covers the following modules with a total of 150 training hours.
Post-Diploma Certificate in Patient Care Services (Compulsory)
• Module 1: Medication Management (45 hours)
• Module 2: Patient Education (60 hours)
• Module 3: Patient Care Services Project (45 hours)
What You'll Learn
1. This module will reinforce participants’ knowledge and application of the medication reconciliation process which includes best practices in obtaining medication history and reviewing for discrepancies such as drug identity, labelling instructions, expiry date, storage conditions and compatibility with other medications and/or nutritional supplements.
2. Participants will be taught how to conduct pre-screening of ambulatory patients which include weight and height measurement and techniques for gathering relevant information such as medical and familial history. The module will also provide opportunities to practise and apply patient counselling skills in areas such as smoking cessation, administration of medications, use of diagnostics and monitoring devices, heart failure, diabetes mellitus, acute coronary syndrome and asthma.
3. complete a project as part of the on-the-job training.
Entry Requirements
The minimum entry requirement is:
Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science(s)/ Pharmacy Science from a local polytechnic, ITE, or other IHLs.
For participants who do not hold the aforementioned qualification, they must possess a diploma, passed the Certified Pharmacy Technician Course (CPTC) conducted by the Pharmaceutical Society of Singapore (PSS) and have at least 2 years of relevant working experience (i.e. working in a pharmacy as a pharmacy assistant / pharmacy technician)
Applicants who do not have the necessary educational qualifications but have substantial relevant working experience will be considered on a case-by-case basis.